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PRS Special Semi-Hollow, S2 Special Semi-Hollow and SE Special Semi-Hollow review
By Dave Burrluck published
Along with its 40th Anniversary specials, PRS is cranking out the new releases, including three-pickup Special Semi-Hollow models in the S2 and SE line. We compare them with the Core version

Manson Meta MBM-2 review
By Pete Emery published
Produced by Cort, Manson refines the Meta MBM-1 with the updated Meta MBM-2H, perfect for Muse fans or those out for a modern sound

PJD Guitars founder Leigh Dovey on the evolution of the UK’s most exciting electric guitar brand
By Dave Burrluck published
The return of one of our favourite PJD models and a decade and a half of UK guitar-making needs a bit of a celebration. We pop a cork with PJD’s founder, Leigh Dovey

The Metropolitan Museum of Art claims to have solved the mystery of the Rolling Stones' 1959 Gibson Les Paul – which Mick Taylor alleges has been missing for decades
By Janelle Borg published
The guitar, which was famously played by Keith Richards on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, was thought to have been stolen in 1971 – a rock 'n' roll legend which the Met refutes

Gibson brings some of its most sought-after vintage gems to Epiphone’s Inspired by Custom range for the first time
By Phil Weller published
Rare vintage models get an accessible relaunch, with pre-war reissues and thermally aged tops making up the drop

Paul Reed Smith on a guitar's most crucial feature – and how it dictates your tone
By Phil Weller published
Forget pickups and the weight of a guitar – this is where tone really starts, according to Smith

Gibson hires the investigative journalists who helped find Paul McCartney's lost Höfner violin bass to aid the hunt for the missing Back to the Future ES-345
By Phil Weller published
The guitar has been missing since filming wrapped 40 years ago. This shrewd hire might just turn the tide

PRS and John Mayer unveil fresh finishes for the best-selling SE Silver Sky – and add new Maple models
By Phil Weller published
The classic looks expand the Strat-inspired guitar’s empire, while previously rosewood-exclusive finishes make their way onto maple ’board models

Russian luthier builds Les Paul out of donuts (sort of)
By Phil Weller published
Though sadly not edible, it takes the prize as the best confectionery-themed guitar we’ve ever seen

Met Museum refutes that former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor ever owned the ’59 Les Paul he claims was stolen and now appears in a new exhibit
By Janelle Borg published
Taylor's representatives are requesting that the museum make the guitar available for inspection – while the museum asserts that it was Keith Richards who held onto the guitar until 1971
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